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The NCHRO condemns the arresting of Mandeep Punia and demands immediate release of locked up journalists 03.02.2021 - New Delhi, India. - Pressenza India Indian farmers protest , Singhu Border , Delhi , India. An ongoing protest against the three farm acts which were passed by the Parliament of India in September 2020. These acts have been described as...

Updated: Eshwarappa promises funds for developing four roads in Kombaru village in the new Kadaba taluk Share Article AAA Rural Devlopment and Panchayat Raj Minister K.S. Eshwarappa releasing a handbill at a village stay programme at Kombaru in Kadaba taluk of Dakshina Kannada on Sunday.   Eshwarappa promises funds for developing four roads in Kombaru village in the new Kadaba taluk Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj K.S. Eshwarappa said on Sunday that the government is commit...

Kerala journalists move Supreme Court for Kappan’s bail Updated: Updated: January 31, 2021 08:09 IST The union urged the top court to grant Mr. Kappan bail for five days to visit his mother. Share Article Siddique Kappan. Photo: Special Arrangement   The union urged the top court to grant Mr. Kappan bail for five days to visit his mother. The Kerala Union of Working Journalists (KUWJ) on Saturday moved the Supreme Court for grant of interim bail to its secretary, Sidhique Kappan, who is ch...

UP govt to SC: will examine VC possibility between jailed Kerala journalist and mom ​ By IANS | Published on ​ Fri, Jan 22 2021 20:42 IST | ​ 0 Views   New Delhi, Jan 22 : The Uttar Pradesh government on Friday told the Supreme Court on Friday, it will examine the possibility of video conferencing between jailed scribe Siddique Kappan and his mother in Kerala. Kappan was arrested on his way to Hathras where a young woman had died after allegedly being gang-raped. A bench headed by C...

Wife, kids and friends seek release of Kappan Journalist’s family hit the streets to seek justice The family of a Malayalam journalist lodged in a Mathura jail for the past three months on what his wife says are false charges staged a sit-in protest in Thiruvananthapuram last week and plans another in a fortnight. Siddique Kappan, 41, was arrested on October 5 while on his way to Hathras in Uttar P...

Blood collection drive launched in city Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada K.V. Rajendra launched a four-day mobile blood collection drive in the city on Wednesday. Dakshina Kannada unit of the Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS) and Dakshina Kannada Union of Working Journalists (DKUWJ) have jointly initiated the drive in which four persons can donate blood at a time on a mobile bus. Flagging off the van near Mangaluru Press Club, Mr. Rajendra said that blo...

Jailed journalist Siddique Kappan’s wife seeks Kerala CM’s intervention By Hanie Abdul Razak|   Published: 24th December 2020 4:14 pm IST Delhi-based Kerala Journalist Siddique Kappan’s wife, Raihanath Siddique, has asked chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s to intervene for the release of her husband who was jailed at Mathura following his arrest by the Uttar Pradesh police.  On October 5, Siddique Kappan along with three others were arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Police while th...

Jailed Kerala journalist’s wife seeks CM’s intervention Updated: Updated: Family to stage dharna in Thiruvananthapuram in January Share Article Family to stage dharna in Thiruvananthapuram in January Raihanath Siddique, wife of New Delhi-based Malayali journalist Siddique Kappan, has sought Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s intervention for her husband’s release. Mr. Kappan is in a Mathura jail at present after the Uttar Pradesh police booked him under the Unlawful Activities (Preve...

The truck was seized from Injakkal in Thiruvananthapuram and its driver, Joy, taken into custody. Police in Kerala Tuesday arrested the driver of a truck suspected to have knocked down a journalist, killing him, in Thiruvananthapuram. SV Pradeep (36), a television journalist who had worked in organisations like Kairali TV, Manorama News, News18 Kerala and Mangalam TV, succumbed to injuries sustained in the hit-and-run in the state capital. CCTV visuals showed the two-wheeler he was...

Kerala: Driver taken into custody after journo death ​ By IANS | Published on ​ Tue, Dec 15 2020 15:51 IST | ​ 4 Views   Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 15 : The special Kerala Police team formed to conduct a probe into the hit-and-run case that led to the death of journalist S.V. Pradeep here on Monday evening, took into custody the lorry and its driver on Tuesday afternoon in the case. The head of the special police team told the media that the lorry and the driver were taken into custody...